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Highlights

  • Abelard castrated
  • Byzantine wife saves husband
  • Amphitryon & Geta duped
  • Chastelaine de Vergi tragedy
  • Aristotle’s advice to Alexander
  • Empress Theodora: woman leader
  • Tristan & Isuet
  • Xanthippe & Socrates
  • New Modern Sexism Scale

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writing on the wall and the Cyrus Cylinder

A disembodied hand writing on the wall and the Cyrus Cylinder, a monumental personal seal, are highly authoritative forms for writing. … Read the post writing on the wall and the Cyrus Cylinder

Futurism and the violent art of news at the National Gallery

Futurism was a newspaper trick exploiting destructive dimensions of male sexuality. Look to a better future than violence, cruelty, and injustice. … Read the post Futurism and the violent art of news at the National Gallery

Roads of Arabia: new perspectives on human society

The Sackler’s exhibit Roads of Arabia shows culturally developed ancient Arabian societies built upon incense trade, then extended to Islamic pilgrimage. … Read the post Roads of Arabia: new perspectives on human society

Cai Guo-Qiang's smoke tree disillusions

On Friday, Nov. 30, 2012, at 3 pm, Cai Guo-Qiang created an explosion event. The event seems to have been about illusions and disillusionment. … Read the post Cai Guo-Qiang's smoke tree disillusions

Dunhuang visualization shows media lever for cultural assets

The Sackler Gallery’s fantastic Dunhuang cave visualization installation shows new media technologies that can greatly lever cultural and economic assets. … Read the post Dunhuang visualization shows media lever for cultural assets

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